reviewing the poem “Mexican is not a noun” written by Francisco X. Alarcon‚ it was an interesting take on how Alarcon thinks the word is viewed as a verb rather than a noun or an adjective. Many years ago‚ we learned that a noun is a person‚ place‚ or thing. In addition‚ an adjective is a word that describes a noun or a pronoun. In this poem‚ Alarcon shows us how the word “Mexican” is used in today’s society. In the first couple of stanzas‚ Alarcon describes to his readers that Mexicans may not think
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is really amplifying the feelings in which the character is disliking the food that they are eating. In "The Worm"‚ it says in stanza 4‚ "I didn’t like the taste a bit‚ so I didn’t swallow it." Instead of saying‚ I didn’t like the worm so I spit it out‚ or something like that which would sound blander than what the author really used. And in hatchet Gary Paulsen used figure of speech to describe the feeling of eating a turtle egg. On page 95 it states it had are really oily and greasy feeling when
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English 1A 14 October 2012 Never Marry a Mexican Clemencia said‚ “So‚ no. I’ve never married and never will. Not because I couldn’t‚ but because I’m too romantic for marriage. Marriage has failed me‚ you could say. Not a man exists who hasn’t disappointed me‚ whom I could trust to love the way I’ve loved. It’s because I believe too much in marriage that I don’t. Better to not marry than to live a lie” (69). In the short story “Never Marry a Mexican” by Sandra Cisneros‚ a young woman named Clemencia
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Hernán Cortés was for the most part responsible for the conquest of the Mexicans. He was Spanish conquistador who pursued to gain wealth and admiration. “…to investigate rumors of a fabulously wealthy kingdom somewhere in the interior of the mainland.” (American Promise‚ pg. 34) Cortes and his army were welcomed and were given gold. Consequently‚ Spaniards’ greed grew‚ and Cortés took Montezuma captive‚ then murdering him. “Cortes took Montezuma hostage and held him under house arrest‚ hoping to
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Section I: Evaluation To what extent has foreign influence by the United States after the Mexican-American War affected Mexico socially and economically? The Mexican-American War took place from 1846 to 1848 and was the first war that the United States had fought mainly on foreign land. It was caused by the United States’ policy of Manifest Destiny‚ where the American citizens and President James Polk wanted to expand their nation by annexing Texas in 1845 and disputing that Texas ended at the
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The investigatory project intends to determine if rambutan (Nephelium lappaceum L.) seeds can be utilized to a new product. Similarly‚ the project was designed to utilized the rambutan seeds (wherein we consider seeds as waste after nibbling it) available in the community as source of commercial alternative coffee. The data to be gathered will be taken from experiments‚ such as the acceptability test of the product (rambuffee) to the consumers. Based on the findings of the study‚ the researchers
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Winterdance rough draft Nature can change the way you live your life. Nature made Gary Paulsen know nothing about sled dogs to racing them and being close to them. He learned how to interact with the environment and become closer with nature itself. In Winterdance by Gary Paulsen the theme that shows up most often is nature transforms and how GaryPaulsen interacts with the environment around him. First off GaryPaulsen went from never owning a dog‚ then to a dog becoming to them becoming one of the
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countless never ending conflicts‚ we are ignoring our own ongoing war next door. Mexico‚ our neighboring country to the south has been waging a war for years that has seemed to have gone unnoticed. This war is between the Mexican government and the cartels that seem to run the country. Just like the USA has people that support its politicians‚ the same thing happens in Mexico with the cartels. These politicians seems to be acting as puppets of the cartels that do anything to secure their own safety‚ even
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Have you ever stared at the mirror feeling the complete opposite of people Because of who you are or where you come from or and what you look like? People all over the world get judge around for their culture‚ on a survey 75 percent of people say they get misjudged least a month or more. I identify myself as a mexican young girl who lives in United States Of America. One element of culture that can define is food. Food is the most important Thing in someone’s life‚the
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There are many similarities within the Mexican and Indian1 experiences of schools and education policy in what is now referred to as America. However‚ thematically‚ these similarities represent the larger scope of Anglo attitudes and policies that characterize the educational "missions" applied to most dominated groups in the United States. Most notably is the emphasis of addressing perceived language deficiencies and implementing language education programs. Secondly‚ is the staunch attempts
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